Bat-Nosed Figures Pendant

1000–1550 Overall: 4.2 x 8.1 x 1.6 cm (1 5/8 x 3 3/16 x 5/8 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.153

Both pendants depict paired figures with tusklike noses. The "tusks" perhaps refer to the upswept nose of the leaf-nosed bat, an agile hunter whose "leaf" helps it to snatch prey from midair. The bat's success as a hunter is part of the reason that some identify such paired fi...

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तकनीक
cast gold
माध्यम
cast gold
विधा
Metalwork
विभाग
Art of the Americas

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